Fans of the Kansas City Chief booed the players during a moment of silence “dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality” during the NFL’s season opener on Thursday.
NFL The Chiefs and players on the Houston Texans gathered in the middle of Arrowhead Stadium grounds, joined arms, and asked for a “moment of silence dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country,” according to a statement from the NFL. Which includes the hashtag “It takes us all.”
But the defensive end of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahoms, Kansas City coach Andy Reid, Texans QB Dishon Watson and Houston defensive end JJ Watt took center stage, with nearly 16,000 fans in attendance and can be clearly heard with a significant chunk.
City Councilman Eric called the crowd The incident is “embarrassing” and the chief told fans to “do better.”
The councilors said in a statement that the fact that some NFL fans are pushing players to take up arms in a moment of calm unity in a moment of unity proves that for them ‘standing for the flag’ was always to maintain white supremacy.
There is a bunch Council colleague Andrea Bough c Pledge vowed not to slow down the fight against systemic racism.
“And it furthers our resolve to continue the fight for justice and racism here in Kansas City and across the country,” Buffett wrote in a retweet. Actor Vincent de n Nofrio, Who called Boeing a failed “litmus test.”
And Kansas City star sports columnist Vaughn Gregoria and Boeing fans, whose rejection was loud and clear to the national TV audience.
“With Kansas City in the national spotlight for a huge television audience to kick off the NFL season amid the epidemic chaos, some voices echoed in poor and embarrassing fashion before the game,” the sports columnist wrote.
“Both the sense of the word betrayed the city and the team by adopting this attainable attitude. It broke the trust with the players that they apparently support only as gladiators, and reiterated that the appeal for equality is insulting to some even during this great awakening.” And count. “
Mayor Quinton Lucas Said Boeing does not represent the people of Kansas City.
He tweeted, “We’re a good city of good people. I heard booze too.” “But we also have thousands of other people here who respect the players’ message; who respect the right of our players and people to have a strong message and who are working to make us better every day.”
Thursday night’s game, won 34-20 by the Super Bowl champion chiefs, knocked them out of the 101st season of the NFL game.
Amid the epidemic, Kansas City is one of the few teams that allows fans to play. The declared crowd of 15,895 was slightly more than 20 per cent of Aerohead Stadium’s over 76,000 capacity.
Caroline Radnofsky Contributed.
